THE BEER NUT: Breweries put on free concert for Pink Boots

Norman Miller Daily News Staff @Norman_MillerMW

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Aug 29, 2018 at 10:00 AMAug 29, 2018 at 6:20 PM

Castle Island Brewing Company of Norwood and the Pink Boots Society are joining together to rock; Democracy Brewing and BABES are hoping to get the vote out and Cisco Brewers is giving people another place to drink outside.

Get ready to rock out with Castle Island Brewing Company and the Pink Boots Society.

Castle Island Brewing Company will host a benefit concert for the Pink Boots Society’s Boston Chapter at its 31 Astor Ave., Norwood, brewery on Friday from 5 to 10 p.m.

Along with the concert, Castle Island will debut its Pink Boots collaboration beer, Camp Koala. Camp Koala is a hoppy Mexican-style lager.

The concert will feature music performed by staff from different breweries. Tied to a Bear is made up of employees from Winter Hill Brewing Company in Somerville; Kato Kaelin has employees from Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham and Worst Coast musicians are from Southern Tier Brewing Company in New York.

There will also be food from Boru Barbecue.

The concert is free, but attendees can donate to the Pink Boots Society, a national organization that seeks to promote education and opportunities in the beer industry for women. There will also be Pink Boot Society glasses for sale.

Castle Island will also be donating a portion of Camp Koala to the Pink Boots Society.

Pouring over politics

Looking for another event with a little leaning toward politics? Democracy Brewing, 35 Temple Place, Boston, is teaming with BABES (Boston-Area Beer Enthusiast Society) to raise money for the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus.

The event, Votes for Women, will be on Oct. 15 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Democracy Brewing.

Caucus members will be on hand to discuss and answer questions about the goals of the organization and what they are currently doing in today's political landscape.

Tickets are $35, $25 of which will go to the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus. A ticket includes one Democracy Brewing beer.

Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/votes-for-women-at-democracy-brewing-tickets-49536546143?aff=efbeventtix.

A little taste of Nantucket

Although summer is getting close to the end, Nantucket’s Cisco Brewers is trying to hold on as long as it can. They announced they are opening a new pop-up beer garden in the Seaport.

Along with its beer and wine, they will partner with Loco Taqueria & Oyster Bar of Boston to open the beer garden on Seaport Boulevard just west of District Hall.

The beer garden opens up on Wednesday and will be open from 4 to 11 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, until the fall. The end date will be determined by weather.

Beers available will include popular Cisco beers such as Whale’s Tale Pale Ale, Grey Lady Wheat Ale, and Gripah, a grapefruit session IPA. There will also be wine from Nantucket Vineyards and Malus Malum Ciders.

A portion from sales at the beer garden will be donated to the Massachusetts Fallen Heroes Memorial Fund, a Boston-based charity that created and maintains a memorial in the Seaport to those from Massachusetts who have died while fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.

“Boston has always felt like our off-island home. Many of the guests who visit us in ACK (the FAA's code for Nantucket's Memorial Airport) are from Boston, so we wanted to take a slice of what we do on island and bring it here,” said Cisco CEO Jay Harman. “One of the great things about being part of the Seaport neighborhood is that we can directly give back to the Boston community that’s supported us for so long. And we’re proud to support the great work being done by Mass Fallen Heroes on behalf of Gold Star families and veterans statewide”

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